Assisting Disabled Persons in Finding Employment

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Assisting Disabled Persons in Finding Employment
GLADNET Annual General Meeting, Bahrain, November
2005

• ILO Support to Placement Services
• B. Murray, ILO

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Origins Pilot Project, Asia

• Target - Asia and Pacific Decade for Disabled
  Persons
• Project aim
• To develop the capacity of employment placement
  services in Asian to provide services to job
  seekers with disabilities
• Coverage
• 4 countries of Asia
• China, Malaysia,Thailand, Vietnam,
• Duration
• 1997-99

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Project Steps

• Drafting of Guidelines for Placement Personnel
• Training workshops in each country
• Job Placement Service managers
• Placement officers
• Testing of guidelines - 4 countries
• Finalization, translation into national languages
• Training of Trainers workshops
• Conference to review and discuss - 8 countries
• Guide for Employment Service Managers and Policy
  makers prepared, translated, widely disseminated

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Follow-up Activities

• Guidelines for Placement Officers, Policy Makers
  and Managers
• Originals reprinted
• Translated into French, Spanish, Arabic as well
  as 5 langauges of Asia
• Customized for Caribbean and Latin American
  Regions
• Customization underway for African Continent
  (French and English Speaking Countries
• Translation into Portuguese envisaged - Brazil,
  African countries
• Resource Book for Trainers
• Pilot tested - Caribbean Region end 2003
• Translated and used in training - China 2004
• Translated into Arabic, currently in printing
• Guide to Job and Work Analysis
• Currently at printers
• Materials disseminated through WAPES, ILO and
  USAID projects

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Practical Guide

• Disabled persons and employment
• Placement officer role
• Steps in assisting the job search
• Cooperating with employers
• Getting started

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Developing an Effective Placement Servicefor
People with Disabilities
Policy
Law
Operational Strategy
M o n i t o r i n g/ E v a l u a t i o n
General/Specific Wholesale/Retail Direct
Service/Self-Service
Preparation For Jobs - Vocational assessment -
Skills training - Pre-placement guidance -
Job-seeking skills - Production Units - Work
Trials
Placement - Information on - job vacancies
- job seekers - Contacts with employers -
Technical advice - Job/Work Analysis - Job
matching - Job coaching - Follow-up
Self Employment - Skills training - Business
skills - Access to credit - Access to raw
materials - Marketing - Technical advice
Publicity - Media - Seminars - Job Bazaars -
Videos - Publications - Networking
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Building Strategic Alliances
Universities Research Institutes
Non-Governmental Organizations
Mainstream Placement Services
Employers
Other Ministries ? Buildings ? Transport
Employers Organizations
Placement Service Policy-Shapers Managers JPOs
Education Ministry
Disabled Peoples Organizations
Skills Training Centres
Social Workers
Job-Seekers with Disabilities
Counsellors
Media
Families
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Conclusions drawn

• Mainstream Services alone not always sufficient
• Specialist services, including NGOs - great
  commitment and motivation, plus in-depth
  knowledge
• Widespread interest of placement services in
  catering to persons with disabilities -
  worldwide
• Great scope for further support to service
  development - developing and transition
  countries.

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Materials available

• Assisting Disabled Persons in Finding Employment
  - Practical Guide
• Job Placement of Persons with Disabilities -
  Elements of an Effective Service
• Resource Book for Trainers of Job Placement
  Officers
• Guide to Job and Work Analysis
• See website WWW.ilo.org/employment/disability